By J. Adrian Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Spirited music by a young Jewish composer who died at Auschwitz in 1944 was performed this year for the first time thanks to the research and efforts of Troy Bennefield, Washington State University assistant professor of music and director of the WSU Cougar […]
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – The fourth annual Humanitas Festival will be Sept. 20-24 on the Washington State University Pullman campus and in surrounding communities.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Wednesdays on the Mall through July 27 features live music hosted by the Student Entertainment Board and barbecue lunch for sale (cash only) from Washington State University Dining Services 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. on Terrell Mall in front of Todd Hall.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A film, lectures and art show Sept. 28-29 at Washington State University will explore how prison inmates experience healing and restoration through art, music and creative writing.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The left and right side of the brain each have unique abilities, so when they come together, it’s a kind of brain duet.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University trumpeter Brian Ploeger won an international Graduate College Soloist Award from the jazz journal DownBeat magazine. He is a graduate teaching assistant and master’s candidate in the School of Music.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Nighthawk, a Washington State University faculty jazz ensemble, has released a self-titled, debut CD on the peer-reviewed WSU Recordings label. A CD release party will start at 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, at Rico’s Pub, 200 E. Main St., Pullman. There is no cover charge.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Sheila Kearney Converse, clinical associate professor of music, is the winner of the 2014-15 Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award from the Washington State University Association for Faculty Women (AFW).
By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Fond remembrances of Erich J. Lear posted by several of his former students on the School of Music’s Facebook page echo the sentiments of many at Washington State University who knew him as a colleague, mentor and friend.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Music written or influenced by African-American composers and cultures will be performed for Black History Month at Washington State University at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Bryan Hall.